The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Hamid S Aziz Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is overthrown (or folded up)

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars darken

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains pass away

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when the she-camels (with young) are left untended

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are herded togethe

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas swell and boil

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when souls are sorted and reunited

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

And when the female infant buried alive is aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what sin she was killed

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the Record Books are spread open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the heavens are unveiled

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when Hell is kindled up

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when the Garden is brought nigh

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Every soul shall then know what it has prepared

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Planets

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

That run their course and hide themselves

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And the Night when it departs

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the Dawn when it breaths away the darkness

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Most surely it is the Word of an honourable Messenger

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

The possessor of power and high rank with the Lord of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

One to be obeyed, and faithful to his trust

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

And your companion is not one possessed (or mad)

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Nor is he a tenacious concealer of the unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Nor is it the word of the cursed Satan

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Whither then will you go

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

It is naught but a reminder unto all creation (or all the worlds)

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For him among you who wills to go straight

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And you will not, unless Allah wills, the Lord (or Cherisher) of Creation (or all the Worlds)

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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